Temperature rising

 Farewell to Stephan (above) who has had a terrific fortnight of soaring in KYO.

 Farewell also to the "Golden" couple Lis and Bjorn (above) and (below) with Eddie taking down the Norwegian flag.

 Welcome to Taichi (above) and (below). Taichi has already had some good flights in IIE.

 John (above) and Lothar (below) getting ready to launch this morning.

Mark (above) has enjoyed a long weekend of soaring in SH.

Temperature is rising with the maximum at 1500hrs -39 degrees.

High cumulus days!

 Farewell to Joachim (above) who has enjoyed a fortnight of soaring in IIE. See you next season!

 We enjoyed a lovely dinner with Joachim (above) on his last evening in Tocumwal at the "Palms" hotel.

 Michael (above) has continued his gliding instruction in UIZ.

For the last 10 days or so we have had a trough in the area that has given us high cumulus days and light winds suitable for big tasks.

 Bjorn (above) enjoying another day in paradise!

Clint had a great first flight with Eddie in the EuroFox.

Farewell dinner

 Lothar (above) with his dedicated ground crew Julie.

 Michael (above) about to give Joachim a hand with launching.

 Stephan (above) preparing to take KYO to the launch point.

 Ken (above) had an "awesome" soaring experience with Malcolm in UIZ.

We all enjoyed a farewell dinner for Malcolm and Liz (below) at the Tocumwal Golf Club last evening.

Malcolm (above) with Terry ready to launch on a magnificent day with a trough in the area.

Welcome back!

 Jack (above) had a great first time flight in UIZ with Malcolm.

 A very warm welcome back to Stephan, Joachim and Bjorn (above) with Ed, Rolf, Terry & Malcolm.

 Both Travis (above) and Dolly (below) discovered Tocumwal from above with Malcolm in the Twin Astir.

 Congratulations to Uwe (above) who achieved his gliding goals in HDK earlier in the week.

Ian (below) had some lovely weather for his flight in UIZ with Malcolm.

Family afternoon

 Jaclyn, James, Jacob and Alexandra enjoyed a family afternoon of gliding yesterday.

 Alexandra (above) and Jacob (below) had a great first time gliding experience with Malcolm in the Twin Astir.

 With the official lowering of the flag we farewell Hiroshi, Takao and Takeshi. The Grong Grong boys have headed home to Japan with their booking for next season already in place. Looking forward to seeing you all again next season!

 Mark landing in SH after a nice flight.

 Eddie (above) and (below) doing a bit of towing.

Thanks to Michael for the last three photos.

Champagne!

 Damon (above) really enjoyed his first instructional flight with Eddie in the tail dragger.

 Michael (above) with Jake and Malcolm has been gliding in the twin Astir today.

 Jake, Tim and Mark (above) having a chat after the briefing this morning.

 Ken (above) getting ready to launch with James towing in the nose wheel.

Farewell to Ib and Verner (above) with the gang. Not only did they supply the farewell champagne but also bought some very special Danish glasses to drink it in. Hope to see you both again next year!!

77ml rain -good for the plants!

 Farewell to Stefan (above) who despite the wet weather had some good flights in KYO.

 Welcome to Ken (above) with his Olympia Meise and (below) about to have a check flight with Malcolm in UIZ.

 Grong Grong boys and Chris (above) preparing for launch to Belfraden silo and return.

Jake (above) back in the tail dragger for some towing today.

We had 77mls of rain from the 9th to the 14th of January -not so good for gliding but the plants loved it!!

1020kms for Terry

 Alfons has headed home after an exciting week of flying. He also checked out one of our small fields (below) for aerotow retrieve.

 Welcome to the Grong Grong boys (above & below) - Hiroshi, Takeshi and Takao.

 Ib & Verner (above) representing Team Denmark about to launch.

 Congratulations to Terry who completed an epic 1020km flight in 9+hours landing 10mins before last light.

A tender moment in the tea room.

 A tender moment between Malcolm and Liz at morning tea. Ain't love grand!!

 Ib & Verner (above) checking out the skies before their flight in the Janus CT.

 Alfons (above) and Stefan (below) have enjoyed soaring in HDK and KYO respectively.

Nat (above) had his first instructional flight with Eddie in the tail dragger today.